Vice President Operations

Company

A leading Engineering, Procurement and Contracting company, located in Belgium, is looking to reinforce their team. The company specialises in cooling systems, dry cooling as well as wet cooling. For these areas of expertise   they   do   design,   engineering,   procurement,   project   management,  manufacturing  of   key components, installation and after sales services. The company is  internationally  active  in  over  10  countries and is growing consistently over the years.

Position

Vice President Operations

The company is looking for a Vice President Operations for the dry cooling department. This person will be responsible for the alignment of Sales, Engineering, Operations, Procurement and Support services with the business  needs  of  the  company.  He/she  will   identify  gaps  and  provide  direction.  Together  with  the department  heads  he  will  formulate,  implement  and  execute  world  class  projects.  Resources  will  be optimised so all dry cooling departments achieve operational excellence. This way timely execution  of  the projects can be guaranteed and the efficiency of the business unit can be increased. 

Hierarchical report

The Vice President Operations reports directly to the President Global Business Unit Cooling Systems

Tasks 

• The  Vice  President  Operations will  be  responsible for  the  business unit  Dry  Cooling,  with  a hierarchical  management  responsibility  over  Operations,  Procurement,  Thermal  and  Technical Department 
• Align the Dry Cooling Management team with key Project Strategies 
• Lead  the  Thermal/Structural  department,  Technical  department,  Operations  and  Procurement  to
• the business plan that prioritises project management activities and resource deployment 
• Facilitate regular projects and program review management meetings 
• Regular project reviews with client and negotiations in case of change order 
• Ensuring that comprehensive feasibility and profitability analysis are conducted on all new sales of projects 
• Ensuring optimal deployment of engineering resources

The ideal candidate

• Has a Master Degree in Thermal or Mechanical Engineering 
• Has a minimum of 15 years experience in the execution of contracts for components/systems for Power Plants, of which at least 7 years in a managing position 
• Has experience with systems and components for power plants and has a profound knowledge of thermal
• and mechanical design of components for power plants, piping/steel structure and PID’s. 
• Has a very good English knowledge as well as a profound knowledge of French and/or Dutch. 
• Has excellent project management skills 
• Is a natural leader with a business focused mindset 
• Is able to keep a helicopter view across the business unit 
• Is an excellent planner, problem solver and innovator 
• Has the clients needs as a primary focus

Offer

Our client offers you 

• A key position in a growing international company  
• Salary conditions that correspond to your expertise and experience and that are conform with the market 
• A  package  of  extra  legal  advantages  (company  car,  insurance  package,  luncheon  vouchers,  net
• expense allowance…)

Interested?

You can apply by using the form below.